EU politics
DW: Romania in desperate struggle against COVID-19
Another EU nation. Another Liberal government under the motto “The market will solve this.” Read here
Neo-Liberalism in the EU
Austerity
Richard Murphy – The dead hand of German monetary policy is now to be found at the Bank of England – and that’s a threat to us all
The push to renew austerity is being felt in much of Europe as the maintenance of the existing hierarchy of wealth within society is the priority Richard Murphy is an economic justice campaigner. Professor of […]
Austerity
Shutdown – How Covid Shook the World Economy by Adam Tooze
Book Review by Michael Roberts Adam Tooze has a new book out, Shutdown. Tooze is the liberal left’s current favourite historian. His previous book, The Wages of Destruction, won the Wolfson Prize for History and […]
Economics
Developing Economics – The Geopolitics of Financialisation and Development: Interview with Ilias Alami
The relationship between geopolitics, financial flows for development and emerging forms of ‘state capitalism,’ as well as related new imperialist formations Ilias Alami is a postdoctoral researcher at Maastricht University, the Netherlands Cross-posted from Developing […]
Economics
J. W. Mason – The Politics of Pay-Fors Revisited
The idea that constraints on public finance are part of a broader project to insulate the economy from democratic control J. W. Mason is Associate Professor of Economics at John Jay College, City University of […]
Corruption
Richard Murphy – How Neo-liberal Populism Destroys a Valuable Public Service – Again
In this simple step for step analysis we see once again the 40 years old populist ploy of privatisation – in this case Britain’s health service NHS Richard Murphy is an economic justice campaigner. Professor […]
Austerity
Gustavo Piga – Europe and Italy’s Gamble: (Still) Flirting with Austerity
In which direction is Draghi going: serving the Italian people or EU neo-liberalism? Gustavo Piga is Full Professor of Economics at the University of Rome Tor Vergata Cross-posted from Gustavo’s website The Fall release of […]
Austerity
Wolfgang Streeck – Zero for the left, no support for Paris, and the difficult task of getting Merkel’s boots on the ground
The Left Party’s (Die Linke)s dismal results in the German elections eliminate any chance of a red-green-red (R2G) coalition government, much to the relief of the leaders of both the SPD Social Democrats and the […]
Finance
Michael Rosen – Britain: The Banks are Taking over our Universities. Why?
There is no aspect of life that will not be financialised. Michael Rosen is Professor of Children’s Literature at Goldsmiths, University of London Cross-posted from Michael’s blog What did I learn at my union meeting (UCU) at […]
National Politics
Labour Briefing: US “Integrated Care” – Not in our Name!
Nicholas Csergo challenges Labour’s support for schemes which financially reward service cuts and closures in the NHS Read here